On an impulse buy at the farmers market I came home with 4 pounds of pickling cucumbers the previous weekend. What to make? Bread and Butter Pickles! Sweet/sour and my favorite type of pickle - in a smaller batch so you are not canning all day, nor end up with 30+ jars! Bread and Butter… Continue reading Bread and Butter Pickles
Category: Preserving
Spiced Peach Jam
Someone went crazy and bought a 25 pound box of peaches at the farmers market, since they were $1 a pound. And then as usual, had them all go ripe at once. Yeesh! But, that just encourages me to get canning, eh? Spiced peach jam was up first..... Spiced Peach Jam Ingredients: 5 1/3 cups… Continue reading Spiced Peach Jam
Canned Spiced Pickled Beets
The pickled beets took weeks to get around to actually making. Mostly because I kept eating all the fresh beets. Oops. Finally this past weekend, I picked up a bunch of beets, a mix of golden and red ones, and took them home. And made myself can them š Canned Spiced Pickled Beets Ingredients: 3… Continue reading Canned Spiced Pickled Beets
Small Batch Strawberry Jam
End of July brings Everbearing Strawberries into season, and a small batch of jam doesn't take long to capture the bright taste of it. Small Batch Strawberry Jam Ingredients: 2 2/3 cups mashed strawberries (measure after mashing) 3 TbspĀ BallĀ® Real Fruitā¢ Classic Pectin 2 cups granulated sugar Directions: Wash canning jars, with bands and new… Continue reading Small Batch Strawberry Jam